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Essays by renowned author Gustavo Gutierrez cover such themes as developments in Catholic social tea...
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Essays by renowned author Gustavo Gutierrez cover such themes as developments in Catholic social teaching, the church's mission of evangelization, the meaning of spirituality, and the task of theology. Part One includes reflections on Pope John Paul II's encyclical on work as well as an overview of a century of Catholic social teaching in relation to the "option for the poor." In Part Two, Gutierrez examines the journey of the church in Latin America. In Part Three, he takes up the relationship between spirituality and theology, the function of the theology within the church, and the critical question of how to talk about God in a world of suffering.
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